[Leica] Blood Moon Eclipse practice photo

[Douglas Barry]

Nathan and Howard, it's not going to happen until 2029 again, so I think 
I might make the effort as they think it's going to be clear here 
between 5:15am and 5:45am - the period of maximum eclipse for us. The 
position of it means all I have to do is throw open the glass doors, and 
I can take a shot of it from inside the house with a pre-set up camera 
and tripod before staggering back to bed. I presume Howard's settings 
are no good for the actual shot as the light levels from the moon will 
be lower.  Has anybody got an idea of settings at f8?

Douglas



On 20/01/2019 10:15, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I think a photo like this is more interesting if there are some foreground elements.
>
> I was thinking of having a look with my camera but just saw in El País that the time to do so here in Spain is between 2:30 and 5:50 a.m. So no thanks ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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>> On 20 Jan 2019, at 05:47, Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Luggers,
>>
>> Tomorrow night is the blood moon eclipse so tonight I had a bit of practice with the Nikon D500
>> and the 300f4.0PF plus 1.4 extender. The moon rises up through the trees of our
>> property and I had to choose between clouds sweeping by and branches waving in the
>> wind. Hopefully tomorrow conditions will be better:
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoon.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoon.jpg.html>>
>>
>> ISO 400, f8.0 1/800 handheld with VR on normal. Cropped to about 1/4 of the frame and massaged in LR.
>>
>> Please view large if you like. C&C always welcome.
>>
>> Howard
>>
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